Template and method of fabricating ornaments therewith



Jan. 16, 1923. 1442124.

M. L. BUCKLEY.

TEMPLATE AND METHOD OF FA BRICALNG. ORNAMENTS THEREWITH.

ILED M2127, 1921.

I INVENTOR. v

A TTORNEY Patented Jan, 16, 1923.

STATE MARY L. BUCKLEY,

or nears: ArTLn'Bono, nessaonnsnr'rs.

Application fi1ed 0ctober 2?, 1921.

To all ur/wm it mag concern:

Be it known that l, MARY L. BUCKLEY, a citizen of the United Statesresiding at North Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful ln'iprovements in Templates and Methods of Fabricating Ornaments 'lherewith, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a means for fabrieating [lowers and other ornaments from worsted, yarns, and the like.

The essential objects of my invention are speed and simplicity in construction of the ornaments and capacity for variety in visual effect of the saine; togetl1er with inexpensiveness of the means and method of fabrication.

To the above ends essentially my inven tion consists in such parts and in such combinations of parts, and in such steps and in such successions of steps as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings' which form a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a template employed in my invention,

Figures 2 and 3, a front. and rear 'eleva-- tion respectively of the same, showing the flexible member in an initial stage of manipulation,

Figure 4, a front elevation of the template showing the ornament at the completion of the winding operation,

igure 5, a similar elevation of .he truamcnt immediately after disengagement from the template, and

Figure (5, a perspective view ofa completed ornament.

Like reference characters parts throughout the views.

In detail my invention'comprises a template or disk H of thin stiff material such as cardl'ioard. but preferably of metal, of generally circular outline and provided with a central hole 9. Preferably but not essen tially a prong or hook 'l() is struck up from the material at a point adjacent-the hole and covers the. resultant opening ll. The periphery of the disk or template consists of ascrics of resultantelevations 13 caused by peripl'z' 'al equispaced notches 14. in this instance eight in number. It is in conjunction with a planchet of this general charac ter that the ornament is preferably constructed.

indicate like Serial N0. 510,810.

The fabrication of the ornamentis as follows. A flexible strand 16 of yarn or other soft material has one end 17 threaded'in a sewing needle 18, and its other end 20 pressed by the operators finger against the back of the template, or held there'hjf the prong 10 when such a prongis present'I'""The needle is first passed through the hole from rear to front, and the strand is then manually passed by one hand through one notch l i as at a thence behind'an elevation 13 to the next adjacent notch, as at 6, forming a loop 22, and thence is passed diametrically across the front of the template as at c. This operation is repeatedly continued, the strand passing successively through the notches as at (Z, c, y and During the described winding the thumb of the operators other hand pinches the intermediate portions of the strands against the face of the plate until they are caught together b passing the needle and strand from the notch, as at it, to points behind the pressed portions of the strands as shOWn in Figure 2, and there brought around to unite at a I single central point the radially disposed portions or arms 23 of the strand.

The pla-nchet is next intermittently turned by one hand While the strand 16 is wound with the assistance of the needle 18 around each successive arm 23 forming loops 25 thereon connected by parallel connecting portions or layers 26 extending from the center of the template to its margin, as shown in Figure 4. v

T he fabric ornament thus far completed is now removed from the stretching the loops 22 out o -'engageinent with the portions 13, and while in the posittion shown in Figure 5 the thread or stra'hd all of the peripheral 16 is passed through loops 22,- and is then tightened somewhat which causes the fabric. or body -28 to fold rearwardly upon itself and form a convene con -ave or flower shaped ornament, shown in Figure 6. It is usual after completion of the ornament to tie the adjacent ends 17- and 20 of the thread 16 into a knot 30.

It will he understood that the curved template by shape of the elevations 13 is not exclusive as i the same may be angular or otherwise if desired, but superior advantages are inherent in a nonangrular form.

I claim 1'. A template of the character described, comprising a flat disk provided with a central hole and yarn-retaining means adjacent as to form radial arm portions terminating thereto, and provided With a. plurality of in loops connecting the arm porti0ns, then spaced peripheral cavities. passing the flexible member around the arm 2.A template of the character described, portions in succession from their inner ends 5 comprising a disk provided With a central tothe loops to form a body,'then threading hole, and With a series of peripheral cavities, the flexible member through the loops and and :1 prong integral with the'disk adjacent tightening the member. s r the hole. i In testimony whereof I have affixed my 3. A method of fabricating ornaments signature. )0 consisting of arranging a flexible member so MARY L. BU CKLEY. 

